100-Year-Old Photos Show Non-Binary And Trans ‘Public Heroes’ In Their Element ❤️

A trans actor known as @thejeffreymarsh on Twitter is fascinated by history. Though, in many ways, the world is becoming better and better for members of the LGBTQ community, it’s also important to remember those brave people who made the present day possible by standing up for who they were in the past. Many of those heroes were featured in a Twitter thread @thejeffreymarsh started to honor them:

Below is a thread of B&W pics of openly nonbinary/trans/gender-fun public heroes all from about 100 years ago

Deserving of special mention is Christine Jorgenson who, although she was often photographed in B&W, is much more recent than anyone else here. She was an actress and the first public figure to openly discuss medical transition pic.twitter.com/zAWeVPr5kF

Omg Marlene Dietrich was and still is EPIC!! Thank you for bringing attention to her. Unfortunately she gets undercut by Marilyn Monroe and others. Her contributions, especially during WWII were brave and heroic but also overshadowed by Bob Hope.